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SAAB 09, 109 (P528332)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 09, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528332 |
| Museum no. | VAT 20349 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}ARAD-⸢PAB.MEŠ-šu₂⸣ | Seal of Urdu-ahhešu |
| 2 | DUMU {m}{d}PA-MI₂-E₂.GAL-PAB | son of Nabû-ṣilli-ēkalle-uṣur |
| 3 | EN LU₂ SUM-ni | owner of the man being sold. |
| 4 | {m}man-nu-ki-ERIM.MEŠ ARAD-šu₂ | Mannu-ki-ṣabi, his servant |
| 5 | ša {m}ARAD-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ up-piš-⸢ma⸣ | From Urdu-ahhešu. |
| 6 | {m}mu-LAL-in-aš-šur ⸢ina⸣ [ŠA₃] | Mutaqqin-ašarēr |
| 7 | 03 MA.NA KU₃.UD ina 01 MA.⸢NA⸣-[e ša {uru}gar-gar-mis] | 3 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish |
| 8 | TA IGI {m}ARAD-PAB.MEŠ-[šu₂ il-qi₂] | from Urdu-ahhešu took |
| 9 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-[din LU₂ šu₂-a-tu₂] | The money is paid completely. That man |
| 10 | up-pu-šu₂ ⸢zar₃⸣-[rip la-qi] | It is acquired and taken. |
| 11 | tu₂-a-ru ⸢de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂⸣ | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 12 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 13 | lu-u {m}ARAD-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ | or Urdu-ahhešu, or his sons |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | lu-u DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ša de-nu | or his grandsons, a lawsuit |
| 15 | DUG₄.DUG₄ TA {m}mu-LAL-aš-šur | litigation against Mutaqqin-Assur, |
| 16 | DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ub⸣-ta-u-ni | sons of E-e-ta-uni |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a LU₂ ⸢a-paṭ⸣-ṭar 01 MA.NA KU₃.UD | “The man of Ea-paṭbar shall pay one mina of silver.’ |
| 2 | 01 MA.NA KU₃.GI ina bur-ki {d}NIN.LIL₂ | 1 mina of gold in the lap of Mullissu; |
| 3 | GAR-an 02 ANŠE.KUR.RA BABBAR.MEŠ-te | 2 white horses, |
| 4 | ina GIR₃.2 aš-⸢šur KEŠ₂⸣ [DUMU.UŠ-šu₂ GAL-u] | By the ašû-demon's command, may the great son of his |
| 5 | ina {d}ha-mar {d}IM [GIBIL₂ kas-pu ana] | by Ḫammar and Adad rebuilt, the money is paid in full. |
| 6 | 10.MEŠ-te a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ [GUR-ra] | They shall return the money tenfold to its owners. |
| 7 | ina la de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-[ma la i-laq-qi] | He shall contest in his non-lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 8 | ṣib-ti be-e-ni a-na 01-me [UD.MEŠ] | Guaranteed against seizures of epilepsy for 100 days. |
| 9 | sa-ar-tu₂ a-na kal₃ MU.MEŠ-[te] | a sacrificial sheep for all years |
| 10 | IGI {m}aš-šur-bi-⸢sun₂⸣ [x x] | Witness Ašsvur-bēl-sun. |
| 11 | IGI {m}aš-šur-MU-⸢PAB⸣ [x x] | Witness Assur-šumu-uṣur, . |
| 12 | IGI {m}SUHUŠ-{d}PA SANGA ša {⸢d⸣}[x (x)] | Witness Ubru-Nabû, priest of E22d. |
| 13 | IGI {m}aš-šur-ba-ni IGI {m}šu₂-nu-[PAB.MEŠ] | Witness Assur-bani. Witness Šunu-ahhe. |
| 14 | IGI {m}un-zar₄-⸢hu⸣ [(x x)] | Witness Unzar-eḫu-e. |
| 15 | IGI {m}ARAD-a.a IGI {m}EN-iš-[man-ni] | Witness Urdu-Aya. Witness Bel-išmanni. |
| 16 | IGI {m}bi-su-u-a IGI {m}⸢ta-a.a⸣ | Witness Bisu'a. Witness Edaya. |
| 17 | IGI {m}zi-zi-ia₂ {lu₂}NINDA | Witness Ziziya, baker. |
| 18 | IGI {m}aš-šur-rem₂-a-ni IGI {m}E-aš-⸢šur⸣ | Witness Assur-remanni. Witness Ea-ešur-e3. |
| t.e. | ||
| 19 | IGI {m}{d}UTU-SU IGI {m}{d}UTU-še-⸢zi⸣-[ba-ni] | Witness: Šamaš-eriba. Witness: Shamash-vēzi-ebani. |
| 20 | {iti}NE UD-16 lim-mu {m}30-⸢DU⸣-[IGI] | Month Abu, 16th day, eponym year of Sîn-alik-pani. |
| 21 | {[lu₂}ša]-UGU-[E₂-a-ni] | the overseer of the household |
| 22 | IGI {m}DI-mu-KUR-aš-šur | Witness Šulmu-matu-ašsvur. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {m}sa-kip-aš-šur | Witness Sakip-Assur. |
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